I developed a PocketPC program for controlling the DSLR camera and SBIG SG-4 smart autoguider. Several features are included and other features (for example, robofocuser control) will come soon. A freeware version is also available.
In brief, DSLR Portal is the software for a Windows Mobile device (PocketPC) to control a DSLR camera and a SBIG SG-4 smart autoguider. It is developed to have key features required for astro-imaging so that a laptop and its huge battery pack are no longer needed in the field. The features are:
* Control of the SBIG SG-4 smart autoguider - DSLR Portal commands calibration and autoguiding of the SG-4. Guiding errors are plotted on the screen. DSLR Portal is the only software available now that can show graphs of guiding errors from the SBIG SG-4.
* Exposure control of a camera - The number of frames and exposure length can be preset.
* "Automatic dithering" which is important for a bayer-matrix CMOS to get better images
* Require only one port of a PocketPC (serial port or Bluetooth)
